International Media Ethics Training Institute

Our Business

Born out of a passion for strong, ethical journalism, iMETI strives to arm as many journalists and journalism students with the necessary skills to report challenging topics fully and fairly.

The offshoot of the internationally acclaimed Press Institute for Women in the Developing World, iMETI combines vast international experience with strong newsroom and collegiate training experience. The result is a truly unique training endeavor that will leave you, your students or staff armed with a new arsenal of principled decision-making skills, investigative techniques, and principled media concepts to produce phenomenal news coverage!

We're Hiring!

iMETI is on the look out for passionate, experienced media professionals to join our team of trainers. Interested parties should send a resume and links to published clips to cristi@imeti.org before November 1, 2008! 

About The President

iMETI is run by the award-winning journalist and renowned international journalism trainer Cristi Hegranes. 

Hegranes, the recent recipient of the Ida B. Wells  Award for Bravery in Journalism, has taken her education and experiences and crafted a series of truly unique and inspiring media curricula that allow journalists everywhere to live up to their potential, create ethical journalism, and allow their readers to live freer, fuller lives by providing greater access to information. 

Hegranes is also the President and Founder of The Press Institute for Women in the Developing World. She holds a Masters Degree from New York University, served as a fellow-in residence at The Poynter Institute for Media Studies, and is a lecturer at Loyola Marymount University.